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Trojan in mech.exe - 7/30/2005 8:24:17 PM   
JVega

 

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Status: offline 		I downloaded SP:WaW a good while ago onto my laptop and I fell in love with it. I had played it for a good month or so when I downloaded A2 guard, installed it and ran it. Thing is, it identified MECH.exe as a trojan (TrojanDropper.Win32.Smorph). I deleted it immediately and was thus heartbroken. Now I've downloaded the game again on my desktop, and the first thing I do is scan the MECH.exe file with A2 Guard, and again it's -immediately- identified as a trojan! The same one!

I downloaded it from: http://www.fprado.com/armorsite/sp_waw.htm

Is that site a hoax site of sorts? Is A2 buggy? Did I download the game from a wrong website, or what?


Also; I'm very, very sorry if this is posted in the wrong forum.
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RE: Trojan in mech.exe - 7/30/2005 9:26:13 PM   
Belphegor


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Status: offline 		I'd try scanning with a different tool and see if it gets the same results. Sometimes false positives are generated and only by trying a different program (designed to find the same trojan) can you see if it is truly there, or just an error in the first program

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RE: Trojan in mech.exe - 7/30/2005 9:29:39 PM   
Terminus


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Status: offline 		I just used my virus scanner on it, and detected no Trojan.

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RE: Trojan in mech.exe - 7/31/2005 4:21:53 PM   
JVega

 

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Status: offline 		I downloaded a trial version of TPS-3, and it reported no trojans. =) I suppose it's A2's fault then.

Thanks for the replies!

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RE: Trojan in mech.exe - 7/31/2005 4:59:51 PM   
RBWhite


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Status: offline 		JVega

I visit and use Armore Site quite often and have downloaded from the site for about two or three years and never had a problem.

The site is not a hoax, Prado does a nice job with that website. Alot of good history and information.

Like the others said your getting a false positive. If your able try a different virus scan.

Rick White

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RE: Trojan in mech.exe - 7/31/2005 8:16:24 PM   
Paul Vebber


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Status: offline 		Some less reliable detectors classify the TCP/IP fuctionality in the game as a hidden "Trojan".

There is no information being harvested or transmitted by the mech.exe - it just allows you to ply the game "LIVE" via a LAN or internet.

< Message edited by Paul Vebber -- 7/31/2005 8:18:16 PM >

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RE: Trojan in mech.exe - 8/1/2005 6:23:28 AM   
chief


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Status: offline 		Jvega:
I also have used and downloaded for the past 5 years from ARMOR SITE with no problems whatsoever. FWIW

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